Severe Weather Watch Notice

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SPC WW 110636
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 304
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
235 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 235 AM UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF TUSCALOOSA
ALABAMA TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 300...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 302. WATCH NUMBER 300 302
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 235 AM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 299...WW
303...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING TORNADIC SUPERCELLS
CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY EWD ACROSS NRN AL AND ERN MS. WITH
INTENSIFYING WIND FIELDS AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES EWD FROM MS
VALLEY...THREAT OF TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL SPREAD EWD ACROSS WATCH
AS WELL AS DEVELOP VICINITY WARM FRONT LIFTING NWD THRU CENTRAL GA
AND SRN SC.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.

...HALES

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